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The Great Orgy of Maharao Shatru Sal II
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The painting features a fanciful orgy participated in by men, women, and animals. On the left, the large male figure is Kota ruler Maharao Shatru Sal II (r. 1866-89). His stature represents his royal status. Rajput Style, Kota School.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift in gratitude to John Coolidge Gift of Leslie Cheek Jr. Anonymous Fund in memory of Henry Berg Louise Haskell Daly Alpheus Hyatt Richard Norton Memorial Funds and through the generosity of Albert H. Gordon and Emily Rauh Pulitzer; formerly in the collection of Stuart Cary Welch Jr.
Title: The Great Orgy of Maharao Shatru Sal II
Description:
The painting features a fanciful orgy participated in by men, women, and animals.
On the left, the large male figure is Kota ruler Maharao Shatru Sal II (r.
1866-89).
His stature represents his royal status.
Rajput Style, Kota School.
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